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Corporations like Apple, for example.

At a conference in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Woz told Sky News on Thursday: "Criticism of Apple's tax policies is extremely warranted, in my mind, but my explanation is rather long and difficult."

It's a pity he wasn't asked to testify before the Senate last week. Its members seemed to have all day to listen to Tim Cook.

Still, as the Telegraph reports, Woz insisted that, quite simply, corporations should be taxed on what they earn, just like real human beings.

Woz spoke of lawyers he knows who work in California, but pretend to live in Nevada to minimize their tax exposure (and, perhaps, to maximize their time with Mila, the Vegas lap dancer).

He explained that he feared corporations -- Apple included, by implication -- simply have no scruples: "For a corporation, there's no such thing as personal ethics. It's like you will do anything, any scheme you can, to maximize your profits."

Woz passionately believes that Apple's original ethos and intention was to help the little people succeed against the bigger people.

Woz: Apple's tax practices are stinky | Technically Incorrect - CNET News

Apple Cuts Education Pricing on Non-Retina 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Now Starts at $999

Apple Cuts Education Pricing on Non-Retina 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Now Starts at $999

Tablet shipments to surpass all PCs by 2015, IDC says

The tablet market should top all laptop shipments this year and the entire PC market by 2015, according to a report released Tuesday.

Market researcher IDC estimated that tablet shipments will grow 59 percent this year to 229.3 million units. That's higher than IDC's estimate for notebook shipments this year. Topping that, IDC predicts tablet shipments will surpass the total number of notebook and desktop PC shipments in 2015.

"Tablets surpassing portables in 2013, and total PCs in 2015, marks a significant change in consumer attitudes about compute devices and the applications and ecosystems that power them," Ryan Reith, program manager for IDC's mobility trackers, said in a statement.

Tablet shipments to surpass all PCs by 2015, IDC says

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Check your vitals with a real-life Tricorder - Crave

In January of last year, Qualcomm opened the Tricorder X Prize — a global US$10 million competition to develop a functional Star Trek-style Tricorder that can successfully diagnose 15 medical conditions based on health metrics. With such a juicy prize on the line, start-ups and established companies are champing at the bit — and one that looks particularly promising has just taken to Indiegogo to raise further development funds.

Chinese Hackers Reportedly Compromised U.S. Designs For More Than 2 Dozen Weapons

WASHINGTON/CANBERRA, May 28 (Reuters) - Chinese hackers have gained access to designs of more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems, a U.S report said on Monday, as Australian media said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia's new spy headquarters.

Citing a report prepared for the Defense Department by the Defense Science Board, the Washington Post said the compromised U.S. designs included those for combat aircraft and ships, as well as missile defenses vital for Europe, Asia and the Gulf.

Among the weapons listed in the report were the advanced Patriot missile system, the Navy's Aegis ballistic missile defense systems, the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The report did not specify the extent or time of the cyber-thefts or indicate if they involved computer networks of the U.S. government, contractors or subcontractors.

But the espionage would give China knowledge that could be exploited in a conflict, such as the ability to knock out communications and corrupting data, the Post said. It also could speed China's development of its defense technology.

Chinese Hackers Reportedly Compromised U.S. Designs For More Than 2 Dozen Weapons

Yahoo reportedly willing to pay up to $800 million in bid for Hulu | The Verge

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